Javier leaned heavily on his fastball in Game 4, as he threw the four-seamer 72 percent of the time. He also did an excellent job of suffocating contact off the bat, as no Philly hitter managed a batted ball with an expected batting average north of.
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He induced 25 whiffs plus called strikes. In those six innings, he struck out nine, walked two, and spotted 63 of his 97 pitches for strikes. This wasn't a case of a no-hit bid that's built upon good fortune – Javier owned the Philly lineup in Game 4. Now for some takeaways from an unforgettable night in South Philly. In addition, it's the first MLB postseason no-hitter since Roy Halladay's for the Phillies against the Reds in Game 1 of the 2010 NLDS.
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The combined effort is just the second no-hitter in World Series history and the first since Don Larsen's perfect game for the Yankees in 1956. From there, Bryan Abreu, Rafael Montero, and Ryan Pressly pitched the final three hitless frames to complete the bid. Javier, the 25-year-old right-hander, worked the first six innings without allowing a hit. The Astros need Justin Verlander to do a better job of holding the A’s tomorrow, and the bats need to wake back up.The Houston Astros defeated the Philadelphia Phillies in Game 4 of the World Series on Wednesday night by a score of 5-0 to even the series a 2-2, and they did so in historic fashion – Houston starter Cristian Javier and three relievers combined for just the second no-hitter in World Series history. An Angels win puts the Rangers in second for the AL West and the Mariners in fourth for the third Wild Card position. Currently, the Angels and Mariners are tied at 3-3. The Rangers won their game tonight against another playoff contender, the Blue Jays, so their hearts beat with new hope, only two games out of first. Still, let’s hope the Astros don’t spit away their advantage by playing down to weak competition just as the season enters the final stretch run. I guess inconsistency is part of baseball. Rafael Montero surrendered another solo shot in the ninth. Framber Valdez only allowed four hits with 10 Ks in seven innings, but with two homers, he ended up allowing three runs. Meanwhile, the pitching staff was plagued by the long ball. (The Astros did manage a couple of hits and a hard-hit Yordan lineout in the ninth but to no avail.) Only one ball was classified as “hard hit,” a routine flyout by Martin Maldonado at 95.4. (season ERA 5.63), but they might as well have been hitting the balls with styrofoam bats.īefore the ninth inning, there was only one hit, a bloop single at 75. Tonight, not only were the Astros one-hit by the rookie Mason Miller for two innings, and no-hit by ace pitcher Ken Waldichuk. In the last six games, the Astros had scored sixty runs, and in the last 30 days, the team wRC+ led the league at 144. And with nine out of 17 games against cellar-dwellers the A’s and Royals, it looked like the Astros could cruise into the AL West pennant.Ī win tonight seemed especially assured, with the Astros ace, Framber Valdez on the mound and the offense coming into the game red-hot.
The Astros came into this game leading the AL West by 2.5 games. Is it that home-field jinx coming back with a vengeance after a couple of good games this weekend? Is it that the Astros have traditionally played down to weak competition?
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